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During the 2020–22 COVID-19 outbreak in India, the Ministry of AYUSH recommended use of T. cordifolia ("giloy") as a home remedy for immune support, [7] but such a practice appeared to be associated with hepatitis cases among six people in Mumbai who used boiled or capsule preparations of the plant. [7] [8] [9] [10]
Artemisia argyi, commonly known as silvery wormwood [1] or Chinese mugwort, is a herbaceous perennial plant with a creeping rhizome.It is native to China, Korea, Mongolia, Japan, and the Russian Far East (Amur Oblast, Primorye).
A plant which completes its life cycle (i.e. germinates, reproduces, and dies) within two years or growing seasons. Biennial plants usually form a basal rosette of leaves in the first year and then flower and fruit in the second year. bifid Forked; cut in two for about half its length. Compare trifid. bifoliate
Hanakotoba, also known as 花言葉 – Japanese form of the language of flowers; List of national flowers – flowers that represent specific geographic areas; Plants in culture – uses of plants by humans; Narcissus in culture – uses of narcissus flowers by humans
Garcinia binucao is a species of flowering plant in the Clusiaceae family. [2] It is commonly known as binukaw , takway or batuan , is a species of Garcinia endemic to the Philippines . [ 3 ] It is not cultivated, though its edible fruits are harvested from the wild for use as a souring agent in some Filipino dishes .
Philippine English also borrows words from Philippine languages, especially native plant and animal names (e.g. ampalaya and balimbing), and cultural concepts with no exact English equivalents such as kilig and bayanihan. Some borrowings from Philippine languages have entered mainstream English, such as abaca and ylang-ylang.
The plant is referred to as "rompe saragüey" by practitioners of Santeria, who use it for spiritual purposes. This use was famously mentioned in the salsa song "Rompe Saragüey" by Héctor Lavoe . C. odorata is commonly used in Latin America as an incense to spiritually cleanse a household, especially in Santería in Cuba and Puerto Rico .
The specific name derives from apsínthion, the Greek term for the plant. [7] "Wormwood" itself is an alteration of Old English wermod, which is of obscure origin. [8] The German cognate Wermut is the source of the term vermouth, used in French and English to describe a kind of wine traditionally flavoured with wormwood. [9]